Houston bar had no alarm, but cameras caught leisurely burglary

Updated 12:00 pm, Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Police hope surveillance video and photographs will lead them to a portly man and his accomplice investigators say robbed a bar in south Houston last month.

The heist happened about 5:15 a.m. Aug. 2 at the Motown II bar at 2541 MacGregor near the South Freeway, according to the Houston Police Department.

The pair cut off a lock on the back door with a blow torch and then pried open the door, HPD officer Clydell White said during a news conference Wednesday morning. White said the men were inside the bar for about an hour, leisurely opening other doors and looking for items to take.

There were no motion alarms at the establishment, he said.

"They knew they could take their time," White added.

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The men broke into the bar's office and took three handguns. They also took nine bottles of liquor, including Hennessy, as well as notebook computers and speakers from the DJ sound system. The items were valued at total about $4,000.

The bar's surveillance camera recorded the men's images.

One of the suspects is described as about 6 feet tall and weighing about 240 pounds. He had an afro-style haircut and wore a tank top and shorts.